We bought a small tree here and a few ornaments. The lights I brought with us on the plane. The kids had fun decorating the tree earlier this month. It’s amazing how cozy the house feels just with a few lights and simple decorations up.
November could be called the “Thankful Month”, and we have much to be thankful for:
~ God allowed us to present the Palomar Ranch ministry to 3 more churches since our last letter.
~ God has brought our support up to 77% through the pledges of three more families and one church. This is the highest our support has ever been!
~ God allowed us to quickly arrange the final details of our move to Campeche.
~ God provided for our plane tickets and we arrived here with our 15 suitcases and 5 bags/backpacks on November 23!
~ God worked out many details for us and helped our travels go smoothly in many different ways including seating us together on the two flights when supposedly there were not that many seats open together when we booked; including moving us to the special needs line with only 5 minutes to wait for our tourist visa when we should have been the last in a long line of two planes worth of people; including allowing 2 of the 3 skycaps at the Mexico airport to decide to help us (instead of the other two planes worth of people) get all of our luggage through customs; and also allowing all of our baggage to arrive on the same flight and intact, nothing broken, nothing missing. And many, many more instances of God’s blessing.
~ Thanksgiving Day at the home (2 days after we arrived) we enjoyed a delicious meal of black beans, chicken and tortillas. We were thankful for God’s provision once again; and thankful also, that our children are not picky eaters.
~ We are thankful for Mrs. Edwards and the others here who have done so much to welcome us and make us feel at home.
~ We are thankful for 7 year old Maria, the newest to the home who asked us if we were going to be leaving our children here. We were able to explain to her that we will all be living here.
~ We are thankful for 14 year old Chayito who told Katie she is still reading her Bible faithfully every day since Katie challenged her to do that during our visit in June.
~ We are thankful for our health; so far none of us have had any trouble adjusting to the water or food.
~God provided an apartment for us to live in upon our arrival. It needs a little work (there is no kitchen), but we are very thankful to have our own space after 5 months on the road.
~ The phone service said it might be two weeks before they could install our phone/internet. God allowed them to come in two days! We have a Mexican phone line now (number on the front page) and should have internet at our house in a few days.
~ The kids are thankful for all of their new friends and for the wonderful playground right at our doorstep.
~ We are thankful that the Mexican peso is around 12 to 1 right now, helping our money stretch as we get our household set up.
~ We are thankful for all of you who continue to uphold us with your prayers as we adjust, and for those of you who are participating financially in what God is doing here.
Prayer Requests
~ For the ministry at El Palomar Ranch Children’s Home. Please help us pray this month for 10 year old Luz Annette. And pray for us to learn everyone’s names quickly.
~ For the rest of Katie’s pregnancy & safe delivery of our baby BOY in January. We still need to find a Doctor here.
~ For wisdom and adjustment as we settle into life and ministry here.
~ For another $850 per month to be at full support.
~ For the salvation of Karina, Kirsi and Tré.
~ For wisdom for Martha & for continued spiritual growth. She has decided to stay in Hermosillo for the time being, and would like to start Bible college in January.
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Dear friends,
God is good! And God is working!Thank you so much for your prayers on our behalf during our trip to the Yucatan ministry last week. We were blessed with safety and good health throughout the trip and were also blessed to spend a little bit of time with some ministry friends in Monterrey, Mexico during our layovers. If you’re on Facebook, you can see more photos in our album “Yucatan Trip”.
The Ministry at El Palomar Ranch Children’s Home in Campeche, Mexico, and the leadership there have opened wide the door of ministry to us. There are many needs that we believe the Lord has equipped us to fill, and there are many opportunities for the future, both with the Children’s Home and with the group of local churches in the area. Please continue to help us pray about this opportunity. We will need to give them an answer sometime in July.
This week we are packing our things, turning in our rental house in Hermosillo, Mexico, and driving back to the States. We have a few scattered meetings scheduled between now and early July when we will be spending three weeks with our sending church in Greenville, SC. Once we have had a chance to thoroughly discuss these new ministry opportunities with our Pastor, Johnny Franco, we will be sharing our plans with you all post haste and look forward to updating you personally, when possible, about what God is doing with our family.
If you have not read our May newsletter, it is available online in 2 pages at www.tkhornor.com As of July 15, our only telephone number will be our cell phone 520.495.9023. And our email of course is tkhornor@gmail.com.
Thank you for your continued prayers for us as we travel the US once again with 3 lively youngsters and a trailer in tow. We look forward to seeing many of you on this trip. God bless you all.
El Palomar Ranch - main building
Chocolate Pie
Ingredients:
2 graham cracker pie crusts
1 box chocolate instant pudding
1 box vanilla instant pudding
3 cups milk
1 8 oz. cream cheese
2 cups whipped cream (store bought or homemade)
topping (optional) chocolate chips, chopped nuts, or sprinkles
Instructions:
Mix the contents of the two puddings and 3 cups milk until thick. Divide evenly into the two pie crusts. In separate bowl mix the cream cheese and whipped cream until smooth. Divide whip cream mixture evenly on top of the two chocolate pies. Garnish with chocolate chips, chopped nuts or sprinkles. Refrigerate one hour before serving.
Makes 2 pies, 8 servings each.
Here’s something you may or may not know about Mexico: in Mexico, Mother’s Day is always May 10, regardless of the day of the week it falls on. So this year, we got to celebrate twice!
We had an eventful beginning to an exciting Mother’s Day. Tré (18 mo.) woke us up by slamming the lid to the potty after having deposited there another unsuspecting object. Once we had that situation well in hand and sanitized, we headed downstairs for a breakfast of banana bread (made by Martha). In the process of serving our mobile dishwasher tipped over and we had a few casualty glasses. Oh, the excitement! After breakfast and the task of dressing the entire family for the day we endeavored to take a Mother’s Day photo before everyone soiled their clothes. As usual the first picture turned out better than the other 5. Funny how that is usually the norm in family picture taking.
Later in the day, Daddy volunteered to make lunch (his famous spaghetti), and he and Kirsi had an impromptu science experiment in the process.
Let’s just say the garlic bread wasn’t the only thing that got burned; while Daddy was distracted by another dump of the dishwasher, a kitchen towel a little too close to the burner ignited. Thank the Lord that Kirsi’s quick exclamation and Tap’s quick action saved us from more than just the loss of a towel.
Kirsi and Tré dutifully licked the bowl and beaters and spatula for the chocolate pie dessert.
Karina and Martha helped set the table while we called Grandma to sing to her on the phone. All in all a wonderful family effort for a delicious Mother’s Day Meal! And after lunch the boys did dishes while the girls made Mother’s Day cards. Daddy also bought me some lovely flowers! I’m so thankful for the family God has given me. Each of them is unique and a unique joy in my life!
I Chronicles 16 - Give thanks unto the LORD…make His deeds known his deeds among the people… Declare His glory among the heathen; His marvelous works among all nations… O give thanks unto the LORD; for He is good.
We are rejoicing in the recent marriage of one of the couples at our church. Twenty years ago, as unsaved youth, Jose Manuel and Maria chose to live together as man and wife. Four children later and now with a new life in Christ, they celebrated their twentieth anniversary with a civil and a church wedding! The ceremony was a blessing and a great testimony to their family and friends. We are so proud of them and their desire to please the Lord!
Pastor Isaac Luna has been leading us on survey trip of the Old Testament on Sunday mornings for the past several weeks. We have enjoyed seeing the pictures of Christ and God’s design for redemption as they are played out in the Old Testament. We have also been encouraged by the character of God as displayed in His working on behalf of His people down through history. What blessings we enjoy as children of Christ when we set apart time to fellowship with other believers and study His Word together!
Please keep praying for our church’s mission trip to Guatamala, Central America, June 11-28 to work with Pastor Norberto Chan. He is planning that our group will help his church an evangelistic campaign into a new area near his church. Each member of the team will need the power of Christ as they go, for we know it is He who will prepare the hearts and open the doors and do the work of grace in the souls of Guatemala.
L to R, Back to Front: Victor, Francisca, Angeles, Timoteo, Luis Miguel, Alejandra, Abigail, Bridget, Noe, Juan Carlos, Natanael
On Monday night the faculty and staff of IPE hosted a dinner, as we do every year, in honor of this year’s graduates (pictured above). The dinner and fellowship time was followed with a time of testimonies from each of the graduates and then a message by the college President from Deuteronomy 1:31.
“And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.”
The focus of the message was that God has tenderly brought us through the desert as a time of preparation for the battles that are to come. He brought us here to help us die to self, to know Him better, to follow Him closely, and to grow to the point that we have a greater desire to see Him work and a greater desire to see His glory. All that He has gently led us through in the desert has worked to prepare us for fighting His battles and claiming the territory He has for us to claim. This is the case, not only for those 11 students who will graduate in a month, but also for each and every one of us who calls God “Father”.
God loves us enough to teach us new things in ways that will strengthen us. He wants to fellowship with us undistracted by the world. He wants us to desire His presence and glory. He wants us to praise Him for His works, remind our children of them and look forward to Him working in the future! The desert is not the end, but the training ground for the Divine assignment that will be our life work! Praise God for the time in the desert!
Tap and Katie
our 3 girls 
The whole family - March photo